Tommy Taylor is set to name an unchanged side for the visit of table topping Plymouth today after chairman George Reynolds informed the Darlington manager he will have to sell to buy.

The Quakers are again hit by injuries and there was further bad news for Taylor yesterday when it emerged that striker Danny Mellanby is likely to miss the rest of the season with a leg injury.

Richard Hodgson was also receiving treatment yesterday and it looks as though Taylor will have to keep faith with the side that lost to Macclesfield on Tuesday night.

He said: "Richard hurt his groin in a practice match the other day, and we'll have to give him a fitness test, but he is doubtful."

Taylor has little room for manoeuvre in the transfer market and will again be forced to play two midfielders, Neil Maddison and Ian Clark, up front against the Pilgrims.

"The chairman has told me that if I want to bring somebody in, then I have to move somebody out," explained Taylor.

"It will be a very hard game, but we've done well this season at Feethams against the promotion chasing teams, like Hartlepool and Luton.

"The players will stand up and be counted, I can assure the fans of that. But we'll have to watch Plymouth at set-pieces because that's one of their strong points."

Today's game will see a return to Feethams for Neil Heaney. Heaney was part of the Darlington team which lost the 2000 play-off final against Peterborough at Wembley, but he left before the start of the following season for Dundee United, before switching to Plymouth last year.